Package-tie.



M. FORCUZ.

PACKAGE TIE. APPLlc'MmN4 FILED mms. 1917.

,Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

m E l. `a 1 w .m 9 6 7 nl! v M M m d I 0 M Y ATTORNEY MAURICE roncoz,l or smnnrronn, CONNECTICUT.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Application filed January 15, 1917.

To all w/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MAURICE F oRooz, a citizen of France, residing at Stratford, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Ii'nprovements in Package-Ties, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to package ties.

One of the main objects of the invention is to providea package tie of very simple construction and operation which will fit closely against the surface of a package so as to occupy but very little space. A further object is to provide a tie which may be produced from a continuous piece of material at very small cost. A still further object is to provide a tie having a gripping member so disposed relative to the body of the tie that the tension of the cord or tying medium may be utilized to force the gripping member into tight frictional engagement with the free portion of the cord. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings Figure l is a t'op plan view tie constructed in accordance vention is applied.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a blank from of a package with my inwhich the tie is formed.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the tie. Fig. 4 is an end view. l 1 y Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 of Fig. 1,

Fig. G is a side View of a modied forni of tie,

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of the modified form of tie,

Fig. 8 is an end view of the saine,

Fig. 9 is an end view of the same taken from the end opposite to that shown in Fig. 8.

Tn making my tie a substantially triangular plate l is stamped out of sheet metal, having, at its apex, the integral laterally extending tabs 2 and, at its base, a tongue 3 integrally connected to the plate by a neck 5f. The plate l is further provided, at its transverse center and somewhat nearer its apex than its base, with an opening' 5 in which is secured a cylindrical turning post 6 having a disk-like head 7. This post may be formed with the plate l by swaging or spinning, or may be made separate and secured through the opening 5.

The two tabs 2 are turned upward and inward to provide an integral cylindrical Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918. Serial No. 142,495.

sleevevat the apex of the plate and tongue 3 is turned inward and downward so as to occupy a position parallel with, and spaced above, the plate l at the base thereof. The tongue 3 provides a resilient clip for securing the free end of the cord or other tying medium, the resiliency of this clip being further increased by the neck 4 which is bent into substantially arcuate shape.

As will be noted from Fig'. 4 the tongue 3 is bent downward and inward at a slight angle to provide an inwardly converging cord receiving passage or opening. Also, the tongue is stamped to provide a central longitudinally extending downwardly directed rib or gripping member 3il of approximately V-shape in cross section. This rib is positioned directly above a V-shaped groove 3C formed by stamping in plate l. The rib and groove coperate to bite into and firmly grip the cord frictionally without injuring the same, the rib also acting as a reinforcing element for impartingrigidity to tongue 3. The outer end of tongue 3 is turned up as at 3b to facilitate insertion of the cord.

In using my tie, the cord 8 is provided at one end with a knot 9 which is made sufticientlylarge to prevent its passing through the sleeve 2a, after which the cord is drawn through the sleeve so as to bring the knot into contact with the inner end of the sleeve. The cord is then passed about the package longitudinally of the saine, the plate or tie being placed at the substantial center of the top of the package. The cord is brought back t0 the turning' post 6 about which it is given a half turn and passed about the package transversely, as at 8, being brought back to the turning post about which it is given one or more turns in a transverse direction to the original turn, as at 8b. The free end portion SC of the cord is then passed beneath the tongue 3 so as to be tightly gripped between the same and the base portion or plate l by rib 3fl and groove 3.

As will be noted from Fig. l of the drawings, the longitudinally extending portion of the cord remote from the apex of plate l is passed above tongue 8, as at 3d. Due to the tension to which the cord is subjected, downward pressure will be exerted upon the tongue 3 so as to force the saine downward into tight gripping engagement with the end portion 8c of the cord. By this means, in addition to the cord being gripped by the lio Q Leemans resiliency of tongue 3 and neck il, the tension ot the tying medium itself is also utilized to insure tight gripping of the free portion of the cord. Also, the several Wrap pings which the cord is given about the turning post 6 will cause tight trictional engagement of the turns oi' the cord at this point so as to prevent Working loose of the cord.

The modified form of tie shown in Figs. to 7 constructed similarly to, and operates in the same manner as, the tie shown and described above, except that this modiiied form is made from a single continuous piece otl wire. A piece of spring steel, or other suitable Wire, is bent to 'forni an eye 10 at one end of a longitudinally extending bar 11. The Wire is then bent` upward to provide a vertical arm 12, then turned dovvnward and outward at right angles and bent to Jform a. spiral head 13, the end of the outer coil being passed beneath the inner coil, the Wire then being bent downward to provide a vertical arm lll parallel with, and closely adjacent, arm 12. rit the lower end of arm 14, the Wire is turned upward at right angles to provide a longitudinally e2;- tending bar in axial alinenient With bar 11. At the outer end of bar 15 the uire is turned laterally at right angles and bent to form two parallel closely adjacent rods 16 and 1T integrally connected to bar 15 by rod 18, and an upper transversely extending gripping bar or tongue 19 positioned above bars 16 and 17 and midway between the saine. n using this torni or tie the cord is inserted through the eye 1G and passed about the turning post composed of the arms 12 and 14; and the head 13, the free portion ot the cord being inserted beneath the gripping tongue 19 and above the rods 16 and 17, the longitudinally extending run or strand of the cord being passed above tongue 19 so as to torce it downward 'into tight frictional engagement with the loose portion of the cord in the saine manner as tongue 3 is forced into engagement With the cord in Fig. 1 et the drawings. A package tie constructed in this manner may be quickly and easily produced at very small cost by the b simple expedient of bending a piece of Wire in the manner described.

As will be noted, the binding post in both forms of ties is positioned at the longitudr nal axis of the tie. By arranging the binding post in this manner, l insure that there will be no tendency toward lateral movement ot the tie, so that it Will at all times be nia'ntained in accurate position on the package.

`Whatl claim is A. package tie comprising a triangular plate, a pair ot oppositely directed tongues ormed integrally on its apex, bent toward each other to form a sleeve, an integrally termed neck in an opposite corner of the plate, a tongue :termed on said neck to eX- tend above the plate in spaced relation thereto and parallel to the adjacent edgeV ot' the pla e, and a headed turning post mounted centrally of the plate.

1n testimony Whereor1 l aflix my signature in presence or' tvvo 'witnesses MAURCE FORCOZ.

Wintesses MAY OCONNELL, ALFRED Gninsrnonn.

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